Tulsi Gabbard Nominated by the President Donald Trump To serve as Director of National Intelligence in November 2024. In February 2025, the former Democrat was confirmed by the House of Representatives. Senate with By 52 votes to 48.
“For more than two decades, Tulsi has fought for our country and the freedoms of all Americans,” Trump said in a statement at the time of Gabbard’s nomination. “I know Tulsi will bring the courageous spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our intelligence community, defending our constitutional rights, and securing peace through strength. Tulsi will make us all proud!”
In May 2026, Gabbard announced her resignation to focus on supporting her husband, abraham williams, While fighting bone cancer.
Gabbard has had a unique political career, having previously run against the former president Joe Biden In the 2020 Democratic primary. Gabbard was also elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives when she was just 21 years old, making history as the first American Samoan and Hindu to serve in Congress.
While the veteran’s political career has been widely covered, the governor’s family life has now received less focus. Learn more about her personal life and family here.
Does Gabbard have children?
Gabbard has no children. However, she underwent IVF (in vitro fertilization), a topic she discussed during her appearance Megan McCainPodcast in mid-2024.
“As hard as it was for me, it was very hard for Abraham to watch this heartbreak over and over again,” she said, speaking of her and her husband’s private IVF journey. Abraham Williamsexperienced. Gabbard went on to explain that they paused the IVF process when she ran for president in 2020, and eventually decided to stop the treatment entirely.
Who is Gabbard’s husband?
Abraham Williams is a film director and surfer of Maori and Samoan descent from Auckland, New Zealand. According to his IMDb page, he is known for his work in low budget productions such as A decade of the dead, Going to break, Owners by Thursdayand Down on the sidewalk in WaikikiA short poetic film about a janitor in Hawaii. His website also notes that he works in “diverse and challenging environments,” from cities across America to war zones in the Middle East.
Before marrying Williams in 2015, Gabbard was previously married to Williams Eduardo Tamayo From 2002 to 2006. In a 2013 interview with Vogue magazineGabbard shared that she and Tamayo were childhood sweethearts. She described their marriage as “young love,” explaining that they surfed together and were best friends. “His family was like my family,” she said.
In a personal note posted online, Gabbard revealed that she and Tamayo broke up shortly after returning from an 18-month mission in Iraq. “Sadly, Eddie and I have become another statistic, another sad story, illustrating the stresses war places on military spouses and families,” she wrote.
How did Gabbard and Williams meet?
Williams reportedly met Gabbard during her first run for Congress in 2012, when he volunteered to shoot campaign ads for her. The two bonded over their shared love of water sports, and after about 18 months, they started dating.
Williams proposed during a sunset surf session, with the diamond ring attached to a flotation device pulled behind them. “He paddled out, pulled out a double contraption attached to a flotation device covered in gold duct tape with a beautiful ring attached, and said, ‘I have a question for you: Will you marry me?’” Gabbard recalled in an interview with New York Times.
The couple, both Hindus, were married in a traditional Vedic ceremony on the eastern shore of Kahalu’u, Hawaii.
